Wednesday, December 17, 2008

More details on Volvo S60 Concept





To be unveiled at the Detroit Motorshow in Jan 09. The four-door coupe look for the S60 differentiates itself from established rivals such as the Audi A4, BMW 3-Series and the Mercedes C-Class.
Another interesting detail concerns the headlamps as the lights create a silhouette of two miniature Viking longboats sailing side by side, one for main beam and one for dipped beam. The speedometer is designed as a three-dimensional glass spiral with the low numbers appear closest to the eye and the figures appear to be increasingly distant as the driver accelerates.
The S60 concept is equipped with a new four-cylinder 1.6-litre petrol unit featuring Gasoline Turbocharged Direct Injection technology that produces an output of 180 HP.